whitebait

Noun

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked wholeType of herring
  2. the edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smeltsType of young fishMember of soft-finned fish, malacopterygian
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

White′bait′ noun

Zoology (a) The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England. (b) A small translucent fish (Salanx Chinensis) abundant at certain seasons on the coasts of China and Japan, and used in the same manner as the European whitebait.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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